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Bryson DeChambeau, the two-time U.S. Open champion, has unveiled plans for The Orchard Golf Club, an 18-hole course and residential community in his hometown of Clovis, California.
DeChambeau announced the project on Nov. 13. The club will be built at the historic McFarlane Ranch in Clovis, a city of about 120,000 people on the northeastern edge of Fresno in California's Central Valley. The plan pairs the golf course with new homes.
DeChambeau expects the project to win approval within 18 months.
The project follows DeChambeau's comments in 2025 that he was putting a large part of his LIV Golf earnings into a development covering about 200 acres in Clovis. He joined the Saudi-backed league in 2022 on a contract widely reported at about $125 million.
A Clovis story
DeChambeau, 33, was born in Modesto, California, and grew up in Clovis, where he went to Clovis East High School. He studied physics at Southern Methodist University and in 2015 became one of only a handful of players to win the NCAA individual title and the U.S. Amateur in the same year.
He turned professional in 2016 and won his first major at the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot in New York. He won it again in 2024 at Pinehurst in North Carolina, getting up and down from a greenside bunker on the final hole to beat Rory McIlroy by one shot.
His scientific approach to the game, single-length irons and big gains in clubhead speed made him one of golf's most talked-about players. He has also built one of the sport's biggest followings online, with a YouTube channel that draws millions of viewers.
The announcement comes as DeChambeau weighs where he will play next. LIV Golf has collapsed, and the 33-year-old faces a decision on whether to take up membership of the DP World Tour, Europe's main circuit.
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